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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: denizen48 who wrote (64652)10/31/2004 12:44:28 PM
From: mistermj  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
Even the lefty rag "the Nation" DEBUNKS SiouxPal. Read it.
What can possibly be more clear? Even to you?

"Gore's Oil Money"

>>Activists have also picketed the offices of Fidelity Investments, which owns about 8 percent of Occidental's shares, and criticized Vice President Al Gore, whose family owns at least a quarter of a million dollars' worth of Occidental stock.

But government backing for Occidental's Colombia proposal runs far deeper than the Gore family's stock portfolio. The Nation has learned, from a government source and the internal memos of an Occidental lobbyist, that the Clinton Administration has been quietly helping the company--a generous donor to the Democrats in recent years--to win support in Colombia for its drilling plans. While Gore has strong ties to Occidental, the Administration's point man on the issue is Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, who last year traveled to Cartagena and met with government officials on the company's behalf. Richardson has also hired a former Occidental lobbyist to work in a key international-policy position at the Energy Department.<<

thenation.com
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